Amyema urdanetensis

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Amyema urdanetensis

Description

Glabrous except for the inflorescence and ovary densely tomentose. Leaves opposite, sometimes scattered; lamina lanceolate, 4-8 by 1-3 cm, cuneate to somewhat rounded at the base to a petiole 5-12 mm long, somewhat acuminate and acute at the apex, more or less glossy and darker above, dull below; venation pinnate with the midrib raised below and visible above and the main laterals indistinct. Inflorescences at the nodes, pedunculate 5- to 8-rayed umbels of triads with the central flowers sessile; peduncle 20-30 mm long; rays 2-5 mm long; pedicels of the lateral flowers c. 0.5 mm long.

Distribution

Leyte present, Mindanao present
Malesia: Philippines (Leyte, Mindanao).

Notes

Similar to Amyema queenslandica and A. rigidiflora; for discussion see .